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rāśiṃ

m

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. räsi-

räsi- m. große Menge, Haufe, Gruppe, Herde (RV +). - Mi, dard., ni., pä. räsi- m. Haufe, Menge, Masse, u.a. (Tu 10720; TuAdd 4318a, 10720). - Er., vgl. paäto yäsa (u.a.) Haufe ("*äsiiä,; Morg, Voc 65, MorgID 217, Skj, CompLI 408). Eine alte Deutung (s. KEWA III 56) verbindet r’, etwa als „*Bündel, Büschel“, mit ür. "rad 'binden’ (rasana-, rasmi-, o. 11 440, 441); semmantisch ist dies rucht abgesichert. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. räsi-, p. 477]

2. rāśi

rāśi m. ( L. also f. ; once m.c. in R. f(ī). ; derivation doubtful, but cf. Uṇ. iv, 32 ) a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number, RV. &c. &c.

3. rāśi

(in arithm. ) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing &c.), Col.

4. rāśi

a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house, MBh. ; VarBṛS. &c. ( cf. IW. 178 )

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. räsi (vol. 2, scan p. 477; entry #3669).

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